1.1 Introduction
Feminism can briefly be defined as discrimination against women and the struggle to eliminate them. As a concept, it is western in origin but has spread all over the world. Its history is vast but a cursory historical excursion of this great movement is expedient. Feminist thought dates back to the medieval time but was first raised by men. Feminist activities have been on the increase in the last decades, this has been due mainly, to an upsurge of feminist movements with analytically divergent ideologies and feminist perspectives.
As a prelude to other parts of this study, this chapter will discuss the background upon which this study was initiated, the statement of problems that led to this study, the Aim and Objectives of the study. Others are Significance of the study, Scope of work, Limitations of the Study and Definition of technical terms.
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